This book provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the
new theories of discourse developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal
Mouffe, while in particular drawing on central insights provided by
Slavoj Zizek. The book accounts for intellectual development of the
discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe from a Gramsci-inspired
critique of structural Marxism over a neo-Gramscian theory of
discourse to a new type of postmodern theorizing of great relevance
for social, cultural and political theory.
The central concepts of discourse, hegemony and social
antagonism are carefully explained and discussed and the
theoretical framework is applied both on a variety of theoretical
problems and in a sample of empirical studies. The book concludes
with a discussion of the implications of discourse theory for our
political understanding of democracy, citizenship and ethics.
"New Theories of Discourse" is written out of the basic
conviction that postmodernity provides a great challenge to social,
cultural and political theory and makes thinkable a whole range of
new political projects of which the development of a radical plural
democracy is one of the most promising and exciting.
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